Duplicate chat lines

[Mena Rikios]

I've been running into this for a while now. 

I'll type some in nearby chat or DMs and the entry will duplicate itself. I am using the latest Firestorm release (64-6.4.13.63251) on a Windows 10 desktop. I uninstalled the viewer for several months and used the viewer on my laptop instead. While I did not run into the same issue, running the viewer tends to overheat my laptop. So, I reinstalled it on my desktop and didn't have the issue for at least a week and now it's happening again. 

I've seen that it could be a wifi issue, but both my laptop and desktop are on the same wifi. I am unable to hardwire my desktop. 

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!

Thank you!

[Profaitchikenz Haiku]

First thoughts are you're wearing something that listens to the owner and echoes it back. I'd suggest trying the LL viewer first because if you have anything with RLV-scripting,( which Firestorm supports), it won't work with the LL viewer. After that, try removing anything scripted you're wearing.

Edited July 24, 2021 by Profaitchikenz Haiku

[Mena Rikios]

 

16 minutes ago, Profaitchikenz Haiku said:

First thoughts are you're wearing something that listens to the owner and echoes it back. I'd suggest trying the LL viewer first because if you have anything with RLV-scripting,( which Firestorm supports), it won't work with the LL viewer. After that, try removing anything scripted you're wearing.

Switched to the LL viewer and removed all scripted items and am still experiencing the double chat in nearby chat. Before switching viewers, it didn't seem like I was sending double chats as it's only showing up once for me. buuut the recipient is receiving duplicate chats. 

So...next suggestion?

 

[sandi Mexicola]

I assume you tried in a different region?

Also, are you using Norton?

[Mena Rikios]

4 minutes ago, sandi Mexicola said:

I assume you tried in a different region?

Also, are you using Norton?

Yep! this happens regardless of where I am and just started today. 

Nope, no Norton on my computer

[Aishagain]

@Mena RikiosYou state that you are using WiFi.  That is the source of your problems, though I'll be honest and say I don't know the reason other than it has to do with the pulsed nature of WiFi data transfer (that is all I have been told, sorry). That's not really going to be much use to you since you state that you cannot used a wired connection, though you might try restarting the router/modem and perhaps use the other frequency that is available to most routers.  Also I assume you are using the bandwidth setting of a maximum of 500Kbps that is recommended for WiFi connections (though with most data using http delivery why this matters is less clear to me).

I hope that someone with a better knowledge and understanding of WiFi can give you more assistance.

Edited July 25, 2021 by Aishagain

[Ansariel Hiller]

It usually happens if there is more than one WiFi access point and they all think they are responsible, duplicating the network messages.

[Ardy Lay]

... or WiFi repeaters ... repeaters ... repeaters.  I have seen some silly WiFi "range extender" behavior.  I have also seen some long multi-path weirdness.  Both types of echos SHOULD be discarded by the WiFi adapters, but, some some are just crap.

Edited July 26, 2021 by Ardy Lay

[Mena Rikios]

Thank you all for your advice and suggestions. Ironically we had a quick little power outage and when everything came back no more duplicate chats! 

[rasterscan]

15 hours ago, Mena Rikios said:

Ironically we had a quick little power outage and when everything came back no more duplicate chats! 

Ah. modem reset then and there was the fix